Anki allows the entering of answers too :)

On Sunday, 8 February 2009 20:11:55 UTC+2, Oisín Mac Fhearaí wrote:
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> 2009/2/8 Gwern Branwen <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
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>> That is, she thinks Mnemosyne is a quiz program: one is presented with
>> the question, then one types in the best answer one can think of, and
>> ding ding! one is right or wrong.
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> This does have its benefits for some situations (i.e. where you are 
> worried about making spelling mistakes in a new language, especially with 
> various accents and other modifiers). I think Pauker is the only 
> spaced-repetition system I've seen that allows typing in answers (it 
> compares them to the stored answers and gives you a colour-highlighted 
> visual diff of mistakes with the option to mark correct anyway or put the 
> card back - if you typed it exactly correctly, then it moves on to the next 
> card immediately since it uses a binary grading system).
> Of course, there are many, many situations where it's not really useful or 
> appropriate (learning facts, improving your vocabulary in your native 
> language where you won't make spelling mistakes or will notice them without 
> needing to type, chemistry/maths equations, or iconographic languages like 
> Chinese where you want to sketch the character rather than simply type it 
> with the IME - I use a graphics tablet and drawing program).
> It might be nice to add a basic scratch-pad entry thing to Mnemosyne as an 
> option for cards.
> Oisín
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